A deep dive into essential nurse leader competencies
Our guest for this week is Josh Wymer: an all-star nurse leader with deep expertise in change management, information governance, and digital innovation. Josh is currently the Chief Health Information Officer for the San Diego Market at Defense Health, and is also pursuing his Doctor of Nursing Practice in Executive Leadership program at Johns Hopkins, where he is looking at the impact of specialty certification in the context of professional development and impact on nursing practice.
He and Dan cover a range of issues related to nurse leadership, with a deep dive into the eight essential nurse leader competencies, how they’ve evolved in light of the pandemic, and which one Josh thinks is the most important.
Links to recommended reading:
- Preparing nurse leaders for 2020
- Nursing Leadership and COVID-19: Defining the Shadows and Leading Ahead of the Data
- Progressing toward specialty certification as the National Standard for Nursing
The full transcript for this episode can be found here: works.trustedhealth.com/handoff/josh-wymer-nurse-leader-competencies
